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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2004
Kenichi Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Takaki, Yokohama, JP;
Colin Peters, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Kuranari, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Takaki, Yokohama, JP;
Colin Peters, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Kuranari, Yokohama, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The provider network that interconnects user networks includes a plurality of edge routers. At least one of the plurality of edge routers includes an obtaining unit for obtaining information of a packet transferred by the edge router itself, a creating unit for creating a flow list in which flow information of packets transferred from the user network side to the provider network side is registered based on the packet information, a monitoring unit for monitoring a traffic state of a flow of each packet registered in the flow list based on information of packets transferred from the provider network to the user network, and a notifying unit for notifying the traffic state of the flow registered in the flow list to a maintenance engineer.